Re: InstallShield 2019 Premier Shortcuts

The specific error:ISDEV : error -9572: This package contains no shortcuts defined for the application.Applications are usually necessary to define the entry point into the MSIX/Appx app would be the outcome of when you have enabled APPX/MSIX in Releases->Release->Build Windows App Package->yes in your 2018 Basic Msi project file.

To give more context for the reasons:

Since it is mandatory to have one exe shortcut for MSIX to work,you will get this error.

Or If your Basic MSI project has files but not having shortcuts of exe file

Or those shortcut files referred are missing in the machine.

If possible can you please attach InstallShield project file as an attachment here.That could really help us resolving the issue

Re: InstallShield 2019 Premier Shortcuts

Are MSI installs gone for good, and everything is MSIX now? If MSIX is all there is, then your first bullet item says a shortcut is mandatory which would be a dead end for anyone not needing a shortcut. I need to do some more reading on MSIX. Our customers still use Windows Server 2008,[R2]. Hopefully, the new format is backward compatible with these older operating systems.

I can provide a script for you. Can you give me an email address so I am not posting the script in to the forum? thank you.

Attached is one of the scripts that has the issue with no shortcuts. This particular script is a simple installer that is shelled from another package for installing SMO. The other installer is an older product that is not InstallShield, so bringing in SMO this way is simple and has worked for us for years.

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